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Sir, - The Canadian Coalition for Democracies wishes to offer heartfelt congratulations to Gal Fridman, and indeed all of Israel, on his spectacular gold-medal win in Athens. Mr. Fridman's triumph also represents a triumph for democracy and freedom over repression and hatred. Sir, - The success...

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Published inThe Jerusalem post
Main Author Larry Sagiv, Paul Harris, Frank J. Van Bers, Yolanda Rodriguez, Louis Garb, Michelle Stirling-Anosh, Marchal Kaplan, E. Joan O'Callaghan, Shaya Stern, Ben Feinstein, Shlomo Bar-Meir, Howard Sherby, Julian Goldberg, Fred Sfeir
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jerusalem The Jerusalem Post Ltd 31.08.2004
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Averbukh, Alex
Kuttab, Daoud
Lahoud, Emile
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Summary:Sir, - The Canadian Coalition for Democracies wishes to offer heartfelt congratulations to Gal Fridman, and indeed all of Israel, on his spectacular gold-medal win in Athens. Mr. Fridman's triumph also represents a triumph for democracy and freedom over repression and hatred. Sir, - The success of Israel's Olympic medalists made Israel proud, but they also reinforced a lesson in Israeli priorities. Sabras Gal Fridman and Arik Ze'evi were successful while immigrants from the Former Soviet Union like Michael Kolganov, [Alex Averbukh], and Gotcha Tsitsiashvili failed miserably. Gone are the days of the 1980s when Israelis hoped the Russian influx would bring in top-notch athletes. Since the Iron Curtain came down, Israel has had only one medal from immigrant athletes - Kolganov's bronze in Sydney.